diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 99ae4c9..cb31d1c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ setup(
     #long_description="""TODO""",
     license="BSD",
     python_requires="~=3.6",
-    setup_requires=["setuptools", "setuptools_scm"],
+    setup_requires=["wheel", "setuptools", "setuptools_scm"],
     install_requires=[
         "importlib_metadata; python_version<'3.8'",  # for __version__ and nmigen._yosys
         "importlib_resources; python_version<'3.9'", # for nmigen._yosys